Factbox-Cricket-England’s leading test wicket-taker James Anderson

(Reuters) – Factbox on England fast bowler James Anderson, who played his last test match on Friday:

Born: July 30, 1982, Burnley, England

Right-arm fast bowler, left-hand batsman

Teams: England, Lancashire

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Tests: 188

Debut: v Zimbabwe, Lord’s, 2003

Wickets: 704

Five-wicket hauls: 32

Average: 26.45

Best bowling: 7-42 v West Indies, 2017

* Makes debut for Lancashire in 2001 and takes 50 first-class wickets in his first full domestic campaign the following year.

* Becomes youngest player to take a hat-trick for Lancashire, in May 2003.

* Makes test debut for England a week later when they play Zimbabwe at Lord’s and takes five wickets in the first innings.

* Called up to England’s 2003 World Cup squad. Anderson would play for England in three more World Cups, the last in 2015.

* Won the Ashes in 2009 but really comes into his own in the 2010-11 series in Australia where he took a series-leading 24 wickets as England won their first Ashes in Australia for 24 years.

* Member of the England squad who won their first Twenty20 World Cup in 2010.

* Takes 21 wickets when India tour England, helping his side whitewash the visitors 4-0. England become the number one test side in the world.

* Takes 500th test wicket in 2017, dismissing West Indies’ Kraigg Brathwaite at Lord’s.

* The Pavilion End of Old Trafford is renamed the James Anderson End in 2017.

* Named in ICC’s test team of the decade in 2020.

* Claimed 1,000th first-class wicket while playing for Lancashire against Kent at Old Trafford in 2021.

* Took his 700th test wicket against India in Dharamsala in March 2024 by dismissing Kuldeep Yadav.

* Signs off from international cricket with his 704th and final wicket against West Indies, finishing his career with 188 test caps, second only to India’s Sachin Tendulkar (200).

(Compiled by Rohith Nair and Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)